Featured Lucenahin: Fashion Designer Rholand Z. Roxas
A pen. A sketchbook. A creative mind. Tons of fabric. Laces, ribbons, organzas. Beads and sequins, threads and seams. This is what a day in the life of fashion designer looks like. This week, join us as we sit down for an interview with Mr. Rholand Z. Roxas—Quezon premier fashion designer, dress-maker, entrepreneur, and founder of the Quezon Fashion Designer Association of the Philippines (QFDAP). The 65-year-old was very generous in...
Featured Group: Lucena Mountaineering and Outdoor Society
Are you tired of spending all of your free time indoors, lounging in front of your computer and checking random websites in search of amusing stories or videos that would chase the boredom away? Are you looking for something new and exciting that will give you reasons to look forward to each coming day? Then you might want to check out the Lucena Mountaineering and Outdoor Society. Lucena Mountaineering and Outdoor Society started out...
Featured Lucenahin: Entrepreneur Fernan T. Enriquez
For this week’s featured Lucenahin, join us as we sit down for an interview with Mr. Fernan T. Enriquez, the man behind Lucena City’s much beloved tea drinks and franchise, Bon Appetea. How and when did you get started in the business industry and get noticed? My best friend, Kevin Magsipoc, brought me to a Franchise Expo event wherein a lot of retail businesses and franchise opportunities were gathered together. We...
Featured Lucenahin: Entrepreneur Joseph Anthony Ronard C. Villanueva
Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of today’s economy. They have the power to make an impact and be nimble without all the red tape and bureaucracy that can bog down larger companies. Many of the most popular and pioneering companies are concerned not just with creating innovative products, but also with influencing society for the better. They focus on impacting the world in a positive way, even if it’s just on a small scale. This week,...
Featured Group: SLEX: The Story of an Indie Band’s Journey and Back
Just like the famed highway that lent its name to their band, the journey that SLEX took into becoming one of the country’s most promising bands has been long — punctuated with interesting and unforgettable stops along the way. Established in 2006, SLEX started when vocalists Elmer Ona of Lucena City and Ben Riego of Candelaria, Quezon teamed up to form a band while working in Manila. “I intended to pursue music as a career since I...
Featured Lucenahin: Graphic Designer Genesis “Ayakomichi” Gepiga
Walls, carpets, curtains, refrigerators, office documents – these were our canvasses when we were kids, and our parents would often have no choice but to stand wide-eyed — part-amused and part-irritated — as we proudly pointed to our latest masterpieces while holding our preferred weapon of choice from an array of crayons, colored pencils, watercolors, and oil pastels. While some of us slowly outgrew this phase as we got...
Featured Lucenahin: Music Photographer Cyril Franz Borgonia
Falling for two loves and not having the freedom to choose both is one of the many tragedies of life. Just think of all the songs that have lamented over this regrettable predicament and how it drove many lovers to the edge of despair – if not the brink of insanity. Such has been the fate of many of those who dared to fall in love twice that it seems unthinkable that someone like Cyril Franz Borgonia, a music photographer who’s been...
Lucena City Radio DJs: Papa Alex of Campus Radio Lucena
What can an experienced DJ like Papa Alex advise to the aspiring ones? ” First, you should be a music lover. Second, you must be prepared to set aside dreams of financial success just like any other yuppies. Likewise, you need to have empathy for different types of people; moreover, you should be a radio lover. Emulate, imitate, and create your own personality. Practice, Practice, and practice.” Air Name: Papa Alex...
Lucena City Radio DJs: Papa Bear of Campus Radio Lucena
Some people chase their dreams, while others just have this stroke of luck and have their dreams chase them. Just like Papa Bear, the one lucky bear of Campus Radio, from an ordinary radio listener to a DJ that he’s always dream to become. Though ’twas not only by mere chance or pure luck that he’s on radio right now, it’s luck plus talent that got him there. 🙂 Air Name: Papa Bear Station: 91.1 Campus...
Lucena City Radio DJs: Papa Carlo of Campus Radio Lucena
When asked what’s the most challenging part of being a DJ, Papa Carlo jokingly answered, “Bilang DJ na macho at gwapo, mahirap tanggihan ang mga chicks na nagkakandarapa sayo. Joooooke! Kidding aside. We cannot please everybody so bilang DJ, challenge kung paano mo tatanggapin ang ‘pangha-harass’ ng mga listeners na ayaw sayo.” Air Name: Papa Carlo Station: 91.1 Campus Radio Programs: Sirit Tanong...
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